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W. D. KENDHICK.

l WEATHER STRIP. APPLICATION FILEUAPR. 1s. 1917. RENEWED ocT. 24,1918.

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UNITED sTA'rEs rATENT oFiuoE.

WILL'IAIvIfD. KENDRIGK, or MIAMI, ARIZONA, AssIGNOR OF ONEHALF To ROBERT s. KNoWLEsOF lenRoNIiuo, ARIZONA, AND oNE-EIGHTII To JOHN s. VAN BUsKIRK,

or MIAMI, ARIZONA.

Specilcationof Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919.

Application med Apru 1s, 1917,'serira1 N5. 162,448. renewed October 24, 191s. serial No. 259,594.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that-I, WILLIAM j BRICK, a citizen of the United States,'resid ing at Miami, inthe county of Gila'and vState of Arizona, have invented 'new and useful Improvements in'Weather-Stripfs, of which the following -is a specification.

This invention relates-tofdevices designed for application to doors for 'the purpose of' preventing the' entrance ofdrafts, dust,etc.,f through the space between the bottomedge vthe -'th'reshold, when l the operative position when the door is closed,*

and which slides to clear the threshold when the door is opened.

The object stated is attained by means of a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as applied to thel door;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, partly in section, and

Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical cross sections on the lines 3-8 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawin 5 denotes a fragment of an ordinary oor seating, when closed, over a threshold 6. The jamb of the door frame towhich the door is hinged is shown at 7 said jamb coperating with certain parts of the invention to automatically actuate the same as will be presently described.

On the bottom of the door 5 is mounted a sheet metal or other strip 8 extending throughout the entire width of the door and vertically slid-able so that it may engage the top of the threshold when the door is closed and thus prevent the passage of drafts, dust, etc., through the space between the threshold and the bottom edge of the door. The strip carries at its bottom edge a rubber or other flexible 'packing strip 8a.

In the bottom portion of the door 5, on one side thereof, is made a recess 9 which KEN4 ` houses the strip 8 Iand its actuating means,

the ends of the recess being closed by plates 10 having vertical slots 11 in which the ends of the strip seat and are guided.

The actuating device of thestrip 8 is a longitudinallyV slidable member 12 in the form of a flat sheet metal plate having on its outer face two projecting studs 13 which pass through slots 14 in the strip, said slots extending Iat an oblique angle with respect to the length of the strip, in View of which it will be evident that the strip is slid up or down when the member 12 is moved lengthwise.

The top edge of the member 12 is made tubular, as shown at 15, and said tubular portion seats in bearings fixed in the recess 9 in any suitable manner. Two of these bearings are provided, each of which comprises a base plate 16 having a cylindrical portion 17 througlrwhich the part 15 extends, and also provided with a vertical slot 18 in which the end of the member 12 slidably seats and is guided. The strip 8 seats on the face ofthe base plate 16 and from the latter extend 'studs 19 which pass through vertical guide slots 20 in the strip.

A coiled spring 21 is 'anchored at one end in the recess 9 and has its other end attached to a pin 22 iixed to the part 15, whereby the member 12 is given va normal tendency to slide in one direction, this being in the direction of the j amb 7.

That end of the part 15 which is opposite the j amb 7 carries a plunger 23 adapted to come in contact with said jamlb when the door is closed thereagainst. The plunger is in the form of a screw stem having a head 24 Iat its outer end. The cover plate 10 at this end of the door has an aperture 25 through which the plunger head is free to pass. The plunger is adjustable in the direction of its length so that its head projects from the inner edge of the door a certain distance when the door is open, and thus comes against the jamb 7 when the door is closed. This adjustment is elfected by turning the plunger in a nut 26 through which it is threaded, said nut being carried by the part 15, the same having a recess 27 in which the nut seats. This recess is adj acent to one end of the part 15 and the plunger extends into said part and through the nut, as shown in Fig. 2.

The spring 21 pulls the member 12 inl a direction to elevate the strip S and to project the plunger head 24k. Hence whenthe outward to elevate the strip to clear the threshold. Y The device is therefore entirely automatic 1n operation, and requires no attention after it has been applied and ad-V justed to give the strip the required amount of vertical sliding movement. The nut 2G strikes the bearing 17 at the limit of the outward movement of the member 12 and these parts therefore serve asa stop for said member.

I claim Y The Acombination with a swinging door and the jamb of the door frame against which the door closes, the door havinga bottom recess on one side, and vertically slotted plates closingV the ends of the recess; of a longitudinally slidable member ,aforesaid studs extend, a` plunger carried by thelongitudinally slidable member and vprojecting' from one end thereof, said plunger having a threaded stem, and thelongitudinally slidable member having a tubular portion into which the stem extends, said tubular portion having a recess, ka nu-t seating in the recess,` throgh which nut the stem is., threaded, a spring connected to the longitudinally slidableV member and movingthe same in a direction to project the plunger from the door'to'engage the aforesaid j'amb when the door is closed, and a bearingin the vdoor recess in which the tubular portion of the longitudinally slidable member works,V said bear-ing intercepting the aforesaid nut to limit the last-mentioned movement of saidme-mber.v

In testimony whereof I affix lmy signature."

` WILLIAM D jKEDR'ICK.

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